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Convoys of Libyan rebels have entered Tripoli and meeting no resistance. Many people are on the streets celebrating after a day of heavy fighting yesterday in and around the capital. The green flags of Gaddafi supporters are being torn down. The whereabouts of the estimated 65,000 pro-Gaddafi … [Read more...]
The major oil refinery outside the Libyan town of Zawiya has been captured by rebel forces after a short battle. The refinery was the last major source of oil for the Gaddafi regime and unless his forces can counter attack it is another nail in the coffin for his rule. Fighting is still going … [Read more...]
Libyan rebel forces are engaged in heavy fighting with forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in the coastal town of Zawiya only 50km from Tripoli. Both sides are claiming to have control of the town which is a vital road link between the Libyan capital and the Tunisian border. The oil … [Read more...]
A Libyan rebel spokesman claims that a Nato air attack in Zlitan has killed 32 people, including Muammar Gaddafi's son Khamis. Khamis is a senior figure in the Gaddafi regime and one of its main military commanders. Zlitan is a frontline town where some of Gaddafi's most loyal and best … [Read more...]
A 50-year-old South African man thought to have died woke up in a cold morgue and shouted to be let out, scaring off two attendants who thought he was a ghost. "His family thought he had died," health spokesman Sizwe Kupelo told the Sapa news agency. "The family called a private undertaker who … [Read more...]
Pirates have seized an oil tanker in the Indian Ocean and are headed to Somalia with it according to the European Union Naval Force Somalia. Pirates boarded the MV Jubba XX on July 16 as the ship traveled between the United Arab Emirates and Berbera, Somalia, according to a task force … [Read more...]
A boat carrying illegal immigrants has sunk in the Red Sea drowning an estimated 200 people. The boat was enroute to Saudi Arabia from an unknown port of origin when it sank off the Sudanese coast. The Sudanese Media Centre, a state-linked news agency, said only three people had been … [Read more...]
Turkey has recognised the rebel Transitional National Council in Libya as the true representative of Libya's people, with the Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu saying it was time for the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to go. Turkey has pledged a further $200m in aid for the rebels in … [Read more...]
Libyan rebels pushing towards Tripoli from the West have captured a major complex of underground weapons bunkers after the remaining forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi were cleared from the area. The arms dump is located just south of the town of Zintan. It was attacked by NATO forces a few … [Read more...]
A Tunisian court has sentenced ex-Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his wife Leila to 35 years in prison for theft and other charges. The only problem for justice is that neither Ben Ali or Leila were in court. They have long fled to a luxury exile in Saudi Arabia. The couple fled … [Read more...]
Nato has admitted "a weapons systems failure" in an air strike on Libyan capital, Tripoli on Sunday that led to civilian casualties. In a statement, NATO said the intended target of the strike was a military missile site, but "it appears that one weapon" did not hit it. "Nato regrets the loss … [Read more...]
Tunisia has defended a controversial advertising campaign designed to attract tourists back to the North African country following its January revolution. Billboards have appeared in London of a woman getting a massage, next to the words: "They say that in Tunisia some people receive … [Read more...]
A secretly obtained copy of Zimbabwe's voters' roll analysed by the South African Institute of Race Relations contains some 2.5m 'extra' names than it should. One of the strangest anomolies is there are more than 41,000 people aged over 100 on the Zimbabwe roll, which if more than four times as … [Read more...]
Eight senior Libyan military officers - including five generals - have defected from Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's army and joined the rebels. At a news conference in Rome the men appealed to fellow soldiers in Gaddafi's army to join them and back the rebels. One of the generals' named as On Ali … [Read more...]
South African President Jacob Zuma is to visit Libya next week for talks with Western Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, according to a statement on the South African leader's website. Zuma will meet Gaddafi in Tripoli on Monday in "his capacity as a member of the African Union high level panel for … [Read more...]
Coca-Cola has said it will invest $2bn in India over the next five years in a bid to increase its market share in the country. Part of the … [Read More...]
Sri Lanka has blocked five news websites because they committed character assassination and insulted people including key political leaders, officials … [Read More...]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he is free of cancer after returning from Cuba for health checks following four cycles of … [Read More...]
A suspected gas explosion at a restaurant in central Rio de Janeiro has left three people dead and at least 13 injured, Brazilian officials say. … [Read More...]
A surprise inspection in a prison in Mexico has revealed the presence of 19 prostitutes, 100 plasma televisions, two sacks of marijuana, and 100 … [Read More...]
A tropical depression storm pounding Central America has triggered floods and landslides that have left at least 18 people dead, officials say. In … [Read More...]
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